Athena Times Fraternity News and Referendum Prep
The Athena newspaper notes upcoming publicity pamphlets for Oregon university and county attorney bills on the November 4 referendum, with arguments from Back regents and various groups. It also reports fair exhibits by Pilot Rock and Athena, plus the Panam canal blast preparations and local fair results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon University
Board of Regents
Governor West
Aluimoilaseooistion
People’s Higher Educational League
Stutse Grange
University
The
Agricultural College
Wallamatts Valley Division
State Press Association
Wise Spinster Baits Steam Packet Land Sale With Sail
An elderly stay at home spinster strikes a land deal with Liverpool's steam packet company and keeps a life clause to travel with a companion aboard the company's ships. She sold her land cheap, moved aboard ships, and lived freely for years, accepting reduced fares for companions. The company offered to pay more than twice the land value to drop the clause, but she refused.
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Noth ‘Ing
Steam Packet Company
Liverpool
Packet Company
Splnster
The Mysterious Dane Aboard the 1706 Vessel
A clipped tale recalls Captain Ewing aboard a Hamburg bound ship in 1706 who questions a mysterious passenger. The man identifies himself as Tom Louis Philippe duc d Orleans, heir to Louis Philippe, and proves himself trustworthy, while the captain suspects a gambler’s disguise and later reflects on the groom’s vows amid a fragmentary column on wedlock.
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Hamburg
Captain Ewing
Tom Louis Philippe
Duc Orleans
Louis Philippe d’Orleans
Deception of Truth and a Humorous Shoe Exchange
A fragment from the Boxton Transcript depicts a mischief set by Blamarck who claims to have deceived by telling the truth. A six year old named Jottie and a mother with scents appear in a playful exchange about kissing and gifts.
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Goodby
Jottie
Oritie
Blamarck
School Notes and Local Notices
School notes draft a hopeful term with grade progress and a Friday spelling contest between sixth and high school. Obituary reports Jacob Proebetel dies in Portland at 67 after heart failure. Also listed is New Land Scrip available in Oregon via The Collins Land Company offering affordable options and rapid sale.
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Athena High School
Jacob Proehatel
Portland
Jacob Proebetel
John W. Rowland
Proebatel
Vancouver
Mr. Jotce
Mr. Proetstel
Mirsouri
Albena
Wostoo
Geo. W. Proebster
Zooth Houser
Stevens
Epcoin
Oregon
Collins Land Company
Heleva
Montous
Judgment Confirmed After Hasty Book Seller Mishap
A Kansas man who avoided buying a book after a lengthy sales pitch sent a would be buyer to a neighbor woman. The ensuing dispute saw the agent flee after a broomstick strike as the man asserted years of experience with her temperament.
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Kansas
Formin
Kansas City Journal
Regaining Caste Rituals and Odd Anecdotes From Around the World
A Peel of excerpts describes a regaining caste ceremony in southern India with ash rites and naked dancing, followed by humorous digests from Pearsons Weekly and other period pieces. Included are quips about Lord Norbury the Hanging Judge and a dog pair misnaming, plus notes on Fielding and censorship, a London Tatler travel joke, and a road-mender exchange.
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India
Pearson's Weekly
Washington Star Quotes Student Rhyme About Germany Theater
An item from the Washington Star features students and a quoted scene about theater in Germany. The piece includes a playful exchange on ideas of high finance and mathematics taking the place of kings in a school setting.
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Nethen
Dustin Stas
Kinginge
Washington Star
Duelist Challenge Ends in Silent Feat at Paris Gallery
In Desenne s shooting gallery in Paris a famed rival dismissed another marksman s skill with a jab about better aim on the Bell. The challenger, B, faced the same man last, fired unsuccessfully, and then walked away whistling after a quiet claim that proved true.
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M. Colombey
M. D
Desersie
Paris
Plato
Desenne
Dainty Humming Bird Nests and Humidity Weather Notes
The ruby throated humming bird builds a tiny nest of plant fibers and webs on a limb, with lichen-studded sides. eggs are quinine pill sized and hatch in about three weeks. Also notes on how hot and cold affects body, clothing, and humidity impact in summer and winter. Includes brief cultural items on Arab honeymoons and wedding cake jokes.
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Louis Post-Dispatch
Means Plenty of Chicken. Miss Snowflake
Mr Jacksup remarks that it’s a sign of good luck to keep a fresh one in your pocket daily or every so often, as explained by Puck in a playful panel.
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Lord Norbury
Ireland
Milwaukee
Snowflake
Jacksup
Puck
Tramp Queries Town as Job Offers Pile Up in London Mall
A fragment from a London Mall item shows a tramp debating the town’s merit while noting he received three job offers in a single day. The exchange highlights urban life and employment pressures in the period.
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London Mall
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Athena Zrees
Third and
Jefferson Streets
Athena, Obe
Wditor McManus
Umatilla
Pilot Rook
Stanfeld
Adame
Adame Broom Company
Milton
Freewater
Athena
Bobo
Hermiston
Weston
McManus
Poland
China Hogs
Athena Pro
Acta
A. L. Swagaartt
Pacific
Britiah Columbia
Panama
Panema Canal
Atlantic
Pacific Coast
Aineter
Wilenoville
Voy
Sailing
Jearsay
Philadelphia Ledger
Egscuse
Chicago Record-Herald
Fielding
Boglund
Dramatiut
Walpole
London Tatler
Germany
Theater Oficial
Wide World Magazine
Johnny
Chicago News
eAthena
Frank R. Atkins
E. O. Building
Pendleton, Or
Art Square Bargains
F. Sharp
Ome
Peterson & Bishop
Attorneys-at-Law
Pendleton, Oregon
Homer I. Watts
C. W. Lassen
M. D. V. Omoal Sigek
E. J. Slocum
Barrett
R. E. Rude
First National Bank of Athena
Dutch Henry Auction, Feed and Sale Stable
Pendleton
Oreg
ST. Nichols Hotel
J. H. Froome
ST. Nichols
AIN
Tittap
Glass Ete
G. B
Kidder
Main Street
Ore
F, Wilson
H. Koepke
le Grow
E. Koontz
Ana't
F. Wilson
Koepke
Ferguson M. L
Watts
First National Bank
Athena Capital
Athena Hotel
Preston-Shaffer Milling Co
Athena Labor
Northwest
Merchant Millers & Grain Buyers
Waitsburg, Wash
McConnon
McConron
Wright
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